RESEARCH FOR ARSENIC AND ANTIMONY. 
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Thus the two great mysteries, life and death, divide the 
world between them. They go hand in hand together; 
for death preys on life, and life springs out of death, so 
intimately are they connected. 
Fortunately, we have not been called upon to record the 
death of any of our professional brethren by that scourge of 
nations, war. India is now tranquil, and we sincerely hope 
that a wise and liberal government, enlightened by what has 
taken place, will prevent a recurrence of scenes at which the 
memory shudders; arising from the worst passions of man 
having been aroused and for a time allowed to act unre¬ 
strained. 
And now having reviewed the past, let us hail the coming 
year. At its end may we be both wiser and better than we 
are at its beginning. 
“ Hand in hand, let us stand, one and all 
To pledge the coming monarch, who will grant a crown to those 
Whom he proves to be monarchs o’er themselves.” 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
FACTS AND FALLACIES CONNECTED WITH THE RESEARCH 
FOR ARSENIC AND ANTIMONY; WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR 
A METHOD OF SEPARATING THESE POISONS FROM 
ORGANIC MATTER. 
By Alfred S. Taylor, M.D., F.R.S. 
[Dr. Taylor having sent to us copies of some of his papers 
on poisons, we shall publish them in extenso, or nearly so, 
being convinced that they cannot fail to interest our readers, 
while their importance none will attempt to gainsay. Espe¬ 
cially would we direct attention to his very delicate and cer¬ 
tain mode of detecting arsenic, under the heading, “ Distilla¬ 
tion Process for Arsenic,” which we have seen the application 
of, and which obviates the objections that have been raised 
to several other methods.] 
The processes which have been hitherto successfully em¬ 
ployed by toxicologists for the detection of arsenic in the 
tissues are those of Marsh and lleinsch. Although the prin¬ 
ciples on which they are based are doubtless well known to 
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